ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL
Saints celebrated on the 16th of April
SAINT TURIBIUS, BISHOP OF ASTORGA
(Saint Turibius, Bishop of Astorga.) A zealous maintainer of ecclesiastical discipline, and defender of the faith against the Priscillianist heresy in Spain; in which his endeavours were seconded by St Leo the Great, as appears by his letter to St Turibius.
THE PRISCILLIANIST HERESY
His predecessor, Dictinius, had the misfortune to fall into the heresy of the Priscillianists; but was never deposed, as Quesnel mistakes. His death happened about the year 420, as is clear from St Augustine. St Turibius died about the year 460, and is named in the Roman Martyrology on this day.
(From Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints)
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Turibius, your blessed bishop, may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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